{"product_id":"the-living-constitution-and-the-henry-mark-holzer-9798412697314","title":"The \"Living Constitution\" and the Right to Die","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHOSE LIFE IS IT, ANYWAY?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1918 draft case of \u003ci\u003eArver\u003c\/i\u003e v. \u003ci\u003eUnited States\u003c\/i\u003e, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of conscription, arguing that \"every citizen or subject is obliged to serve the State,\" and thus that \"the sovereign has the right...to conscript whom he pleases.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn other words, the Supreme Court repudiated Americans' right to their own lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeventy-nine years later, in \u003ci\u003eWashington\u003c\/i\u003e v. \u003ci\u003eGlucksberg\u003c\/i\u003e, the Court also ruled that no provision of the Constitution protects the individual's right to choose to die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhilosopher Ayn Rand held that \"There is only \u003ci\u003eone\u003c\/i\u003e fundamental right...a man's right to his own life.\" Erika and Henry Mark Holzer wrote, \"It is the right to life that conscription denies.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, in this controversial new book, legal scholar Henry Mark Holzer dissects the Supreme Court's \u003ci\u003eGlucksberg \u003c\/i\u003edecision, showing how its tacit premises of altruism, collectivism, and statism have deprived us not only of our right to end our lives, but of our right to life itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Mark Holzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798412697314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Henry Mark Holzer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799203819775,"sku":"9798412697314","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-living-constitution-and-the-henry-mark-holzer-9798412697314","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}